The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23
THE INDIANA MONK,

when the devil was sick the devil a monk would be-
When the devil well, the devil monk was he.'
The indianapolis Sentinel of yesterday has
a double-leaded delirium- tremens article on
the Insane Hospital investigation, from which
we make these extracts:
1.-THE investigation of the Insane Hospital
must be absolutely thorough.
eff villainy abides in that noble charity, let
it be unkcnneled.
1.-The time has come for scrutiny, for ex-
posture and for justice.
''The air has been full Of scandal for six
months. Now let the truth be known, no
matter who may fall. The reputation of the
institution must be preserved at all hazards
Turn the sunlight of truth into the win
dows and into the cellars. If there be rotten
ness, expose it in all its vileness. Let there
be no standing on technicalities. If the Of
ficials are innocent, the investigation will put
them high in the public regard; if they are
guilty, give them no quarter.
"The evidence for the prosecution has been
extremely damaging. This must be admitted.
If it cannot be refuted, count by count, the
condition of affairs is deplorable, and no pun
ishment can be too severe.
"The thing to do is to give the cold truth
without regard to individuals. The reform
must go on until the people are convinced
that the management of their cherished char
tiles has been raised above scandal and sus
picion.
"The Democratic party of Indiana demands
that there be no pause"
It was not always so with our esteemed con-
temporary, the Democratic organ. 1t has be-
come sick. The maggots in Sullivans butter
grease have possibly turned it's stomach. The
cholera-smitten hogs may possibly have
become q stencil to its sensibilities. The
monk is very sick, and consequently very vir-
tuous.
When the investigation began, the columns
Of the Sentinel were decorated with choice
paragraphs like this, which appeared Feb. IL:
'Only witnesses who will agree in advance
to denounce the management of the Insane
Hospital are permitted to testify before the
Swift Morton investigating committee"
Then we had something like this
''The House committee on reformatory and
benevolent institutions, with Mr.. Crosse as
chairman, has undertaken an investigation of
the Hospital for the Insane. That is to say,
Mr.. Grose has undertaken to do so on lines
laid out by the notorious Foulke committee,
AINS ooS"S: PDSA POAoAS'..
for the Republican party in the last cam
paign."
And also this:
''The whole business is wire working at
tempt to relieve the Republican State central
committee of the charge of fraud, and moth
| ing more"
And again:
Although the committee has now con-
| sumed four days in the work, nothing has
been discovered which, in the slightest degree,
compromises the officers of the institution.
Swift and Morton have devoted special atten-
ton to the butter supply, and have succeeded
only in showing that once in four years was
the butter supplied the inmates bad, and that
Immediately on the fact being ascertained it
was removed. This is ALL"
! And once more:
''The Foulke committee of alleged civil
service reformers, which took an active part
in the last campaign in manufacturing living
| literature for the use of the Republican State
central committee will now be investigated y
Compare these expressions with the rare
gems, or shall we say the jim jams which APP
peared yesterday, and that reveal how terri
bly, sick the organ has suddenly become over
the noisome revelations. Turn the rascals
| ont